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Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Kage Baker, who was withthe agencylong beforeits official inception,died in theearlyhours ofJanuary 31, 2010, after a short butheroicbattle with cancer.

She is best known forher Company works,an SFseriesspanning human history, two planets, and at least 3 variations on the human race; the taleultimatelyran to 8 volumes and dozens of short stories and novellas.

She also wrote fantasy, notablythe novelsTheAnvil of the World andThe House of the Stag,the latter a finalist fora World Fantasy Best Novel Award in 2009.She won the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award in 2004 forthe novellaEmpress of Mars,published byAsimov’smagazine,andlater expanded and published as a Tor novel. She was nominatedseveral times for boththeHugo and Nebula awards.

Kage’smost recent novelsareNot LessThan Gods, a steampunk novel featuring members of The Gentlemen’s SpeculativeSociety (a Company precursor), andThe Bird of the River,a romance setin the universe ofAnvil of the World.Both will be published posthumously by Tor.

Forty-eight hours after Baker's death, Locus released it's 2010 recommended reading list, featuring three of Baker's book titles: The Hotel Under the Sand, The Women of Nell Gwynne's, and The Empress of Mars. Further, three of the recommended anthologies include stories by her.

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